Fertility in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2015

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.02
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 2.02 children per woman in 2015 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,559,766 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.02
Births
1,559,766
Births per 1,000 people
18.9
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
82,619,362
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.60.1%1,572
15-1937.49.2%107,831
20-2494.223.2%343,264
25-29110.627.2%488,823
30-3491.922.6%390,707
35-3955.413.6%183,270
40-4415.23.7%41,125
45-491.40.3%3,154
50-540.00.0%22